The coffee thing became a running joke - Cutty remarks in "The Savage Empire" that he could "sure use a cup of coffee." So the producers decided that his desire for coffee would be forever frustrated - note that in the briefing room scene in "The Tressaurian Intersection" he finds the coffee urn bone dry when he tries to pour a cup.

Also, Garrovick likes chili and coffee because that's what I had for dinner right before writing the other briefing room scene.

I never picked up on the coffee gag.. How did I miss that?
I really like what you guys did with the sets.. In a lot of ways it looks every bit as good as the latest P2 and in some ways even better. Exeter certainly came a long way from the first one!!

How does it compare with the Polaris experience (which looks really impressive, btw..)?